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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104807 | Apparatus for an improved peripheral electronic interconnect device A plug for coupling with an industry-standard EXPRESSCARD™ receptacle is described. The plug includes a plurality of plug-side metal contacts disposed on a bottom substrate. The plurality of plug-side metal contacts is configured to electrically couple with recept... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102735 | Substrate holding device, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and device manufacturing method A substrate holding device includes a base member capable of removably holding a plate having a contact member to come into contact with a substrate, and a sensor that identifies an identification sign provided on the plate. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101048 | Flat-panel projection display A flat-panel projection display comprises a slab waveguide having a preferably embossed diffraction grating on one face, a lens for directing light into an edge of the waveguide, and in the focal plane of the lens a liquid-crystal modulator for modulating the intens... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098975 | Liquid crystal display device In order to reduce an occurrence of a double image, to improve a contrast ratio in transmissive display, and to widen a viewing angle, a light diffusion layer for restricting the occurrence of the double image is placed between a viewing angle compensating plate and... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097315 | Polarization conversion and recycling method and apparatus A method, apparatus and system for polarization conversion and recycling by using a half-pyramid shaped reflector with multiple reflective surfaces, or said reflector assembly, to obtain a desirable polarization rotation effect. The disclosed half-pyramid reflector ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097311 | Super-resolution overlay in multi-projector displays A technique, associated system and computer executable program code, for projecting a superimposed image onto a target display surface under observation of one or more cameras. A projective relationship between each projector being used and the target display surfac... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097310 | Ceiling-mounted projection system A ceiling-mounted projection system has a projector mounted above the ceiling, and a periscope assembly that can be moved by a motor along a vertical axis between a raised position in which the periscope assembly is retracted into the ceiling and a lowered position ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095457 | LCD television with detachable backlight module A detachable backlight module of LCD TV comprises a casing with a detaching opening, a screen disposed in the front section of the casing, a detachable lamp rack disposed behind the screen and corresponding to the detaching opening, and a main circuit board disposed... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093943 | Projector with foreign matter detecting means A projector has an image generating device for generating an image, and a housing, having the image generating device disposed therein and having an opening defined therein for emitting therethrough projection light representing the image from the image generating d... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093942 | Preset key for a projection device A method for optimizing an appearance of a projected image. The method includes providing a first configuration having a plurality of preset projection device settings for a first type of projected image and providing a second configuration having a plurality of pre... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092159 | Polarization recovery system for projection displays A waveguide polarization recovery system both polarizes the input light energy for use with an LCD imager and converts the polarity of unusable light energy to add to the illumination of the LCD imager. The compact polarization recovery waveguide system generally in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092141 | Actuator for tilting reflecting mirror of digital micromirror device for digital light processing type projection A reflecting mirror tilting actuator comprises a base having an inner space defined therein, a mirror holder having a fixing part fixed to the base and a horizontal part integrally connected with the fixing part by a resilient connection part, the mirror holder bein... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090356 | Projection type image display apparatus and display device A projection type image display apparatus includes an electroluminescence element which has a plurality of pixels that can each emit modulated light, a projection optical system which projects the light emitted from each of the pixels in the electroluminescence elem... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090185 | Device for supporting a medical apparatus A device is provided to support a medical element over a bed. The device includes a base mountable to the bed, a clamp to hold the medical element, and a rod between the base and the clamp to support the element over the bed. The rod is connected to the base with a ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090355 | System and method for a transparent color image display utilizing fluorescence conversion of nano particles and molecules A system and a method of a transparent color image display utilizing fluorescence conversion (FC) of nano-particles and molecules are disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, a color image display system consists of a light source equipped with two-dimensional scanni... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090361 | Bundled light based alignment and maintenance tool for projection systems The present invention relates to projection systems, more particularly to a method for visualising test pattern grids in such a projection system. An array of adjustable, directed light sources is described, which is to be used as a test pattern generator for... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086743 | Rear projection type projector and its method of use A rear projection type projector is provided. An optic axis of modulated light to be projected to a screen projection surface is slanted to a normal N-N of the screen projection surface and projected to a trapezoidal range ABCD housing the actual projection range EF... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088321 | Method and apparatus for driving LED light sources for a projection display A circuit is provided to drive LEDs or diode lasers that emit light in desired wavelengths, such as the primary colors red, green, and blue, which serve as the light source for a projection display system. A display controller controls one or more series-parallel ar... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088382 | Imaging optical system, image forming apparatus having the same, and a method therefor An image forming apparatus includes a semiconductor laser array to emit a plurality of laser beams through a plurality of independently controllable laser elements according to an image signal, an imaging optical system to magnify the laser beams emitted from the la... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088758 | Relax gas discharge laser lithography light source An apparatus and method are disclosed for operating a narrow band short pulse duration gas discharge laser output light pulse beam producing system, producing a beam comprising laser output light pulses at a selected pulse repetition rate, which may comprise: a disp... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083283 | Projector Aspects of the invention can provide a projector capable of forming a projected image with an apparently seamless and smooth image quality in the stable state. As for the image light passed through a first unit, the polarization direction thereof can be appropriatel... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084938 | Non-inverting transflective assembly A film that includes a first reflective polarizer substantially reflecting light having a first polarization state and substantially transmitting light having a second polarization state, a polarization rotating layer or depolarizing layer (or both) positioned to re... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083289 | Portable projector system An image projection system is provided that includes a portable projector, where the projector includes a light engine, and a projector housing having a closed configuration and an open configuration, where in the closed configuration the projector housing at least ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083290 | Adjustment method and apparatus of optical system, and exposure apparatus A method for adjusting an optical system that has a multilayer mirror that includes a multilayer film includes the steps of measuring wave front aberration of the optical system, determining a condition to remove part of the multilayer film in the multilayer mirror ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080910 | Method and system for a thermal architecture and user adjustable keystone in a display device A method and system for a thermal architecture and user adjustable keystone in a display device is described. The system includes a screen, a lens to project images, and one or more mirrors to reflect the images projected by the lens to the screen. A mirror assembly... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077530 | Projector of external power supply The invention is to provide a projector of external power supply, which comprises: a DC (direct current) power supply port, a step-up circuit, a voltage regulation circuit, a lamp, and an igniter. Wherein, a DC voltage provided from outside is received by the DC pow... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079219 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and exposure system A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including obtaining a first dimension difference or ratio which shows a dimension difference or ratio of a latent images of a first and a second focus monitor marks, or a dimension difference or ratio of a first and... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077526 | Mechanically adjustable thermal path for projection display device cooling A method and mechanism for cooling a display device, having an extremely bright light focused on its surface and is mounted inside a closed chassis, by conducting heat from the device directly to the chassis walls, where the heat is then transferred to the lower tem... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077523 | Three-dimensional display using variable focusing lens A three-dimensional display device includes a two-dimensional display displaying a first image, and a variable focusing lens receiving light from the two-dimensional display and forming a second image. The variable focusing lens reflects light from the two-dimension... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079556 | Bandwidth control technique for a laser A technique for bandwidth control of an electric discharge laser. Line narrowing equipment is provided having at least one piezoelectric drive and a fast bandwidth detection means and a bandwidth control having a time response of less than about 1.0 millisecond. In ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075685 | Scanning device that is cooperated with projector A scanning device which is connected to a projector for displaying the scanned images. The scanning module scans documents and the scanned images are processed by a CPU controlled by the user interface. Thus, the signal process unit, memory and output unit can be ac... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076145 | Light tunnel retention and adjustment apparatus A light tunnel retention and adjustment mechanism for retaining and aligning a light tunnel in a light tunnel assembly. The light tunnel retention and adjustment mechanism includes one or more first compliant spring fingers that interface with the light tunnel along... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075702 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073911 | Projector with improved heat radiation An optical apparatus includes a color synthesizing prism, a plurality of exit-side polarizer plates which are respectively arranged on the light entrance side faces of the color synthesizing prism through entrance-side heat conduction plates, a plurality of liquid-c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075640 | Consumable for laser capture microdissection Systems and methods for acquiring laser capture microdissection samples are disclosed. An integral portion of a biological reaction vessel includes a transfer film carrier having a substrate surface; and a laser capture microdissection transfer film coupled to the s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070285 | Blanking device and projector having the same The present invention is to provide a blanking device of projector, comprising a blanking piece having at least one transparent part such that by installing the blanking piece at the optical path of the projector, it is possible to blank the projection of the projec... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070280 | Method for the generation of light of a given polarization state A method and apparatus or configuration generates light of a given polarization state (P). A polarization state-sensitive beam splitter is acted upon by light (L) at an input (E1), light (LP) of the given polarization state being output by the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070278 | Autostereoscopic 3-D display A lenslet array having variously shaped and sized lenslets, where the lenslets are rotated and/or tilted, reducing gap images in an image formed by pixels/subpixels, where the pixel/subpixels have gaps between each other forming the gap images. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070279 | Multiple-function projecting apparatus A multiple-function projecting apparatus comprises a processor unit being a controller of the projecting apparatus and having built-in operation system and application programs and a plurality of interfaces. The interfaces includes an audio I/O interface, a wireless... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066601 | Projection display having an illumination module and an optical modulator Provided is a projection display including an illumination module. The illumination module includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting devices, a light guide panel having a top surface from which light is emitted, the top surface facing the optic... | 06/27/2006 |
